gomipile
2016-12-16, 08:08 AM
I'm looking for an anime review series which is:
1.) Still being produced on at least a semi-regular schedule.
2.) Uses a style of review similar to What The Flick, Afterbuzz, Siskel and Ebert, or other critical reviewers.
3.) Doesn't constantly mention or compare to anime series that aren't the one currently being reviewed.
Criterion 3 seems to be a sticking point. I like anime well enough, but the reviewers I've run across tend to mention a ton of other anime during a typical review, most of which I have little or no familiarity with and have little or no intention of watching or researching. I'd vastly prefer that they mention genre-spanning themes and tropes in the language of traditional film critics and/or TvTropes than constantly referring to anime series and movies which aren't the topic of the review.
To be fair, the occasional mention is fine, but if a typical review mentions more than three other anime, I start to get increasingly annoyed with each new one added. Glass Reflection, for example, has a review style I otherwise enjoy, but his constant referral to off-topic anime instead of calling out themes and tropes directly peeves me greatly, makes his points harder to understand, and generally detracts from my enjoyment of his reviews.
1.) Still being produced on at least a semi-regular schedule.
2.) Uses a style of review similar to What The Flick, Afterbuzz, Siskel and Ebert, or other critical reviewers.
3.) Doesn't constantly mention or compare to anime series that aren't the one currently being reviewed.
Criterion 3 seems to be a sticking point. I like anime well enough, but the reviewers I've run across tend to mention a ton of other anime during a typical review, most of which I have little or no familiarity with and have little or no intention of watching or researching. I'd vastly prefer that they mention genre-spanning themes and tropes in the language of traditional film critics and/or TvTropes than constantly referring to anime series and movies which aren't the topic of the review.
To be fair, the occasional mention is fine, but if a typical review mentions more than three other anime, I start to get increasingly annoyed with each new one added. Glass Reflection, for example, has a review style I otherwise enjoy, but his constant referral to off-topic anime instead of calling out themes and tropes directly peeves me greatly, makes his points harder to understand, and generally detracts from my enjoyment of his reviews.